'''Bharata''' 'à¤à¤°à¤¤' (
Sanskrit lit. "to be maintained") may refer to:
★ a name of
Agni
★ a name of
Rudra
★ name of a
Manu, according to the
Vishnu Purana, the one after whom ''BhÄrata'' "India" was named.
★
Bharata (emperor), a celebrated hero and monarch of India, first of twelve
Cakravartins ("universal emperors")
★
Bharata (Ramayana), a son of
Dasharatha, younger brother of
Rama
★
Bharata (Bhagavata), the eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by name Rishabha according to the
Bhagavata Purana
★
Bharata Muni, the author of the ''
Natyashastra''
'''BhÄrata''' 'à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤' ("descended from ''Bharata''") may refer to:
★ a name of
Agni
★ a
rishi (the author of
RV 5.27,
RV 3.23)
★ the
BhÄratas, a
Rigvedic tribe
★ an early epic forming the core of the ''
Mahabharata'' (comprising about a quarter of the extended epic)
★
BhÄratavarsha, "king Bharata's realm" i.e.
India.
★ the
Republic of India (properly, '' à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ गणराजà¥à¤¯)
★ Bharat
merino, a
breed of
sheep.
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See also
★
Etymology of the names of India